COMMENTARY MENU PAGE

    1.    Commentary Article (No. 9) (15 December)

           Response to Dick Sovde's "An Open Letter to Our Residents"

   2.    Town Hall Meeting with Focus Property Group

   3.     Commentary Article (No. 7) (9 December)

           An Open Letter to Our Core Group Negotiators

   4.     Commentary Article (No. 6) (20 November)

           The "Oops" Award of the Year

   5.     Commentary Article (No. 5) (30 September)

            "We Know Best--Trust Us"

   6.     Commentary Article (No. 4) (5 September)

            With Focus Group now in the picture, what does the City say? 

   7.     Commentary Article (No. 3) (26 August)

            An Interview with John Ritter, CEO of Focus Property Group

    8.    Commentary Anew Article (No. 2) (4 August)

            On Pulte, offsite road mandate, traffic and the Focus Group

    9.    Commentary Article (No. 1) (18 July)

            "We're land-locked," says Favil West

 10.    For related files, Links and documents, see below.

  11.    For archived Editorials and related files, see Edit. Page

Background and Time Line of Certain Events

        Background. Planning Commission Hearing on Pulte's Provence project south of Anthem, where on 8 April the City took steps to shut down the hearing process fearing correctly that the Commissioners were about to refer Pulte's master plan proposal back to Staff and not send the matter forward to the City Council for their planned and "needed" timely approval. Hearing

        On 27 April Henderson City Council approves master plan proposal for Provence and executes the Annexation Agreement, which incorporates the City's mandate (Section 5.3) on Pulte to construct an offsite secondary road on the 1940 acre site, then up for auction on 2 June by BLM.  See Roadway Mandate and Commentary Anew Article.

        Focus Property Group, with a high bid of $557 million at the BLM auction, acquires the 1940 acre parcel west of Sun City, 2 June.  Successful Bid Article, LVRJ 

        [The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), owing about 56% of Clark County land, conducts land auctions every six months, plus internet auctions. By law, the successful bidder, after making an initial deposit, has 6 months in which to come up with the remaining amount due. As we reported [Hearing], that time deadline played heavily into the City's actions on Pulte's application for master plan approval for their Provence development. For additional information from BLM on their land sale program, click here: BLM.]

        Resident Community Association Board member Favil West quoted on Sun City's impending traffic predicament in the Las Vegas Review Journal at the unveiling of Focus Property Group's conceptual plan before the City and Planning Commission for developing the 1940 acre parcel west of Anthem. LVRJ Article,15 July

        We address the "Land-locked" issue raised by Mr. West, future traffic issues, and implications of Focus' plans for their new urban design development. Commentary Article, 18 July.

        Apparently peeved by comments appearing in the above article, Mr. West responds with his "issues" letter in the Anthem Compendium, warning residents to ignore certain purveyors of untruth and reminding residents that in Nevada, gadflies are swatted, not tolerated.  AC Article, 19 July

            As the perceived gadfly who prefers not to be extinguished or squished out of existence, Ron Johnson responds to Favil's omissions, inaccuracies, distortions, and ridicule. Our Response, 20 July

            The SCA View acquires (on 3 August) and then publishes the Annexation Agreement. Continuing the dialogue begun in our initial article, in Commentary Anew, we set forth the existence and terms of an Agreement between the City and Pulte that would require Pulte to build that westward passage from Provence to Volunteer. Commentary Anew: On the Annexation Agreement, 5 August

            Documents:

        1.    The Annexation Agreement, in part, Article 5, STREETS, Road Construction Mandate, Section 5.3, plus a map alignment of secondary road.  Annexation Agreement

              2.    Bill No. 1942, incorporating the Annexation

Agreement, including exhibits, 87 pages.    Bill No. 1942